The Bessies: New York Dance and Performance Awards [1987]

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Title

The Bessies: New York Dance and Performance Awards [1987]

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

White, David R. (Speaker)
Adams, Carolyn (Host)
Eichelberger, Ethyl, 1945-1990 (Host)
Mullins, Carol (Speaker)
Pfaff, Judy, 1946- (Speaker)
Atlas, Charles (Honoree)
Bowery, Leigh (Honoree)
Fromont, Remon (Honoree)
Hébert, Pierre, 1944- (Honoree)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Hendryx, Nona (Speaker)
Tyler, Edwina Lee (Honoree)
Jaroslow, Risa (Dancer)
Terry, Sonny (Musician)
Dowling, Susan (Speaker)
Schönberg, Bessie (Speaker)
Lemon, Ralph (Choreographer)
Miller, Bebe (Choreographer)
Jesurun, John (Speaker)
Stewart, Ellen, 1919-2011 (Honoree)
Besserer, Rob (Speaker)
Fleming, Donald (Honoree)
Eginton, Meg (Honoree)
Paraiso, Nicky (Honoree)
Washington, Shelley (Honoree)
Nelson, Lisa (Honoree)
Paxton, Steve (Choreographer)
Wiener, Nina (Speaker)
Bernd, John (Speaker)
Reitz, Dana (Honoree)
Tipton, Jennifer (Honoree)
Finley, Karen (Honoree)
Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa de (Honoree)
Brown, Anthony T. (Speaker)
Margolis, Kari (Speaker)
Wilson, Robert, 1941- (Honoree)
Byrne, David, 1952- (Honoree)
Hanayagi, Suzushi (Honoree)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Marshall, Susan, 1958- (Choreographer)
Dudley, Jane (Choreographer)
Resto, Luis (Composer)
Hyams-Hart, Christopher (Composer)
Klingensmith, Robin (Costume designer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
Boston Ballet (Dancer)
Margolis Brown Adaptors Company (Associated name)
Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks (Performer)
Video D Studios (Production company)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1987

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Reel 1 (approx. 60 min.): Overture. Chor: Susan Marshall. Mus: Luis Resto. Perf. by the Boston Ballet. -- Speech by David White, executive director of Dance Theater Workshop. -- Speech by Ian Scholes. -- Visual design awards, presented by Carol Mullins and Judy Pfaff to Charles Atlas/BodyMap/Leigh Bowery, Remon Fromont, Pierre Hebert, and Phil Sandström. -- Reel 2 (approx. 29 min.): Composer award, presented by Nona Hendryx to Edwina Lee Tyler. -- Harmonica breakdown. Chor: Jane Dudley. Mus: recording by Sonny Terry. Perf. by Risa Jaroslow. -- Special achievement award, presented by Susan Dowling to Charles Atlas. -- Memoriam for those dead of AIDS, introduced by Bessie Schönberg. -- Reel 3 (approx. 55 min.): Two. Chor/perf: Ralph Lemon and Bebe Miller. Mus: Christopher Hyams-Hart. Cos: Robin Klingensmith. Lighting: Sandström. -- Special achievement award, presented by John Jesurun to Ellen Stewart. -- Performer awards, presented by Rob Besserer to Donald Fleming, Meg Eginton, Nicky Paraiso, Shelley Washington, and Lisa Nelson. -- Goldberg variations: excerpt. Chor/perf: Steve Paxton. Mus: J. S. Bach. -- Choreographer/creator awards, presented by Nina Wiener and John Bernd to Dana Reitz/Jennifer Tipton, Karen Finley, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Ralph Lemon/Bebe Miller, Tony Brown/Kari Margolis of the Adaptors. -- Reel 4 (approx. 17 min.): Choreographer/creator awards, cont. Acceptance speech |||| by Margolis and Brown; presentations to Robert Wilson/David Byrne/Suzushi Hanayagi, Steve Paxton, and Ethyl Eichelberger. -- The big picture: The winds of change. Chor: Yoshiko Chuma. Mus: Nona Hendryx. Perf. by Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks with Hendryx and other musicians.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2845
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3766 (former)

Subjects

New York Dance and Performance Awards
Awards -- New York (State) -- New York
AIDS (Disease)

Genres

Television Programs
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Fourth annual New York Dance and Performance Awards. Videotaped in performance by Dennis Diamond of Video D Studios at City Center Theater, New York, on September 10, 1987.

Physical Description

Extent: 4 videocassettes (U-matic) (161 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12175179
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d2034940-b2c0-0131-f061-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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